Saturday, 1 February 2014

Which thrillers are considered to be the “best of all time” (3)?

Se7en (1995) David Fincher

The film that established David Fincher's apparently inseparable relationship with the darker side of human existence, this bleak, bleak film noir sidesteps the cliches it appears to bury itself in (two mismatched cops, one black, one white; the old-timer on the edge of retirement; a brilliant serial killer with a twisted Biblical methodology) with fierce intelligence, manifested both in an unusual density of literary reference and through exceptional performances from a fine cast, with Morgan Freeman's haunted Somerset and Brad Pitt's feisty Mills more than ably matched. Then of course there's that ending.

http://www.film4.com/special-features/top-lists/top-30-thrillers

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